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Interesting. Wonder if this has ever happened already.
by gotem 6y ago
Interesting. Wonder if this has ever happened already.
- Pfhreak 6y agoExtrajudicial killings of American citizens by the US? Yes, several times. It's been a fairly regular event in the middle east.
- tick_tock_tick 6y agoObama was very open about killing US citizens so of course it has https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki is probably the most famous since two weeks after he had him droned we droned his son (also a US citizen).
- Miner49er 6y agoTrump also killed his daughter. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/seal-american-girl-die-first-trump-era-u-s-military-n714346 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/seal-american-girl-die-fi...
- quiescant_dodo 6y agoThere's at least the case of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen who was killed via drone strike authorized by President Obama. Here's a letter then-AG Eric Holder sent to Congress: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/05/23/us/politics/23holder-drone-lettter.html?_r=0 https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013...
- baybal2 6y agoSome extra details: Not only Alwaki himself was killed, but his wife, son, daughter, brother in law, nephew, and few other certainly non-involved relatives over a period of many years. Strikes, and raids made when US was hunting down his family member killed few dozens more people falsely believed to be his relatives.